...sacred books are written (Sanscrit) is of unfathomable antiquity, and, according to Sir William Jones, more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin, and more excellently refined than either ; and, in, the judgment of the learned, capable of expressing every movement of the human will, every...

...sacred books are written (Sanscrit) is of unfathomable antiquity, and, according to Sir William Jones, more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin, and more excellently refined than cither ; and, in the judgment of the learned, capable of expressing every movement of the human will,...

...at all likely, indeed, that a language written, unlike most aucient tongues, from left to right, " more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin, and more exquisitely refined than either," should have sprung up in India in the very infancy of letters. Long,...

...Sanskrit appeared as a mine yielding only the purest virgin gold. The Sanskrit language, he said, was " more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin, and more exquisitely refined than either." But later philologists, who hold that complexity and redundance are...

...at all likely, indeed, that a language written, unlike most ancient tongues, from left to right, " more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin, and more exquisitely refined than either," should have sprung up in India in the very infancy of letters. Long,...

...Muller 1986: 25—27). Les titres de gloire de Jones reposent sur le passage suivant: The Sanskrit language, whatever be its antiquity, is of a wonderful structure; more perfect than thé Greek, more copious than thé Latin, and more exquisitely refined than either, yet bearing to...

...Kolonialrichter in Indien war und Sanskrit lernte. Diese Sprache, schreibt er, sei „of a wonderful ftructure; more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin, and more exquifitely refined than either, yet bearing to both of them a ftronger affinity [...] than could poffibly...

...head of many languages: The Sanskrit language, whatever be its antiquity, is of a wonderful creation, more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin, and more exquisitely refined than either. Despite the repeated foreign invasions that engulfed the country,...

...Jones extends Halhed's claims for Sanskrit and announces his discovery of an IndoEuropean Hr-language: The Sanscrit language, whatever be its antiquity,...than the Greek, more copious than the Latin, and more exquisitely refined than either, yet bearing to both of them a stronger affinity, both in the roots...

...understand. Samuel Johnson, 1755, Л Dictionary of the English Language, Preface 16:43 The Sanskrit language, whatever be its antiquity, is of a wonderful...than the Greek, more copious than the Latin, and more exquisitely refined than either, yet bearing to both of them a stronger affinity, both in the roots...